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A 17-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man propose a nikah in Uttarakhand. The Uniform Civil Code,…

Section 4(iii) of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 requires the woman to have completed eighteen years and the man to have completed twenty-one. The woman is…

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A 17-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man propose a nikah in Uttarakhand. The Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 applies to both. Who can waive the statutory minimum age requirement for this marriage?

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Section 4(iii) of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 requires the woman to have completed eighteen years and the man to have completed twenty-one. The woman is seventeen, so she does not meet the age condition. Neither her consent nor a guardian’s consent can waive it.

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Option A

Her consent does not waive the requirement that the woman complete eighteen years.

Option B

Section 4 does not let a guardian substitute consent for the statutory minimum age.

Option C

Section 4 gives the registrar no power to waive the age requirement on the basis of family consent.

Option D

Section 4 requires the woman to have completed eighteen years. At seventeen she does not meet the condition, regardless of consent.

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